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From to-do toooo ta-done!

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What is your best suggestion?

 

I find every year about now I think about projects I could complete over summer when it is a 100 plus degrees outside in the cool of my studio a/c unit.  So I think about them and I have even gone to the point where I write them on a wipe board, but I can say. It hasn’t been a great success. What do you do ? I have so many little things I have to do every day to get things accomplished that I need a task organizer for creating great gifts. I have all these items that could be altered into some magnificent treasure for a family member and yet they are filling up my closet. So what are your thoughts.. how do I go from idea to completion. A lot of times I have ideas and I jot them down, but there is no way I can work on it for a few days. So I can’t drop my to-do list for today. However I would love to turn it into a ta-done list.

 

Any ideas?? I’d love to hear them.

Enjoy!

Chris

Actual pic of us me and my kiddo!

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Rather then our shopping adventures here are the two of us for Mother’s Day!

Love him!

 

Also, a quick reminder. The grab bag is up in the store filled with all kinds of borders for your use. Then once you have it. Enter in the grab bag challenge and be entered in a drawing for next month’s grab bag.  Anyway you look at it. It’s a great deal.

 

I am off to play with my new KNK Maxx 24. So excited. Been a while since I got a new machine.

 

Have a wonderful day!
Enjoy!

Chris

Mother’s Day!

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What a great Mother’s Day! Really I couldn’t be the parent I am without my hubby. So when we celebrate Mother’s Day I think of all the details, helps and things my hubby does that supports me as a Mom. I am truly blessed. And then my kiddo. He really is the light of our lives. I love being a Mom more than I ever thought I would. It gets better every moment.

 

So I hope you had a great Mother’s Day. My hubby took me to brunch which was delish. And then we hit the sporting good stores. Not a mother’s day thing for most, but for me it was fun. We are planning our Scouts Camping Trip and need a few sleeping bags. So we took the time to wander the store and check everything out. We stopped at a few stores. This chair was at one store. My son couldn’t stop giggling as he sat in it. Yep the giggling made Mother’s Day the best.  And in the morning my kiddo gave me an electric pencil sharpener. FANTASTIC!! Pencil sharpening is the bane of my existence at homework time. So this is the perfect gift for me as a Mom. And I got some new shoes I could hike in. I have them on right now. They are sooo comfy.

 

I hope you had a wonderful Mother’s Day and your day was filled with togetherness and giggles.

 

Enjoy!

Chris

**hint ** hint **

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Next month is my birthday…. This month is a good month to clean up your wishlist in the store J

Especially when it comes to my files. J Hint Hint

 

Enjoy!

Chris

Digital Layout using CD00822

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I have used CD00822-Frogs Rule, a personal cutter file from Chris’s latest QMC available from Visual Designs By Chris
 
I have created this layout in Photoshop CS3. Styles, textures and shadows have been added to create dimension to the layout. Designed to show that Personal Cutter files (Cricut, Pazzles, Klic N Kut etc) files can be used digitally!
 
Thanks for looking,
 
caz

recipe card with Chris’s file – Henny Hen

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I love adding new recipe cards to my recipe book. When I got this awesome chicken salad recipe, I knew I had to include it in my book. And I knew Chris had the perfect chicken I could use to accent it. You can find Henny Hen here. Thanks, Chris!
Sussann

Digi-Cutter Files offered in SCUT, GSD, KNK, WPC & AI (SVG) at www.visualdesignsbychris.com

So sorry for the delay

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I have a ton of emails and have been out all day. I am posting to my blog and forum to let you know I will be right back at it first thing in the a.m. Or later tonight if I can shake these watery allergy eyes and runny nose. Hugs and thank you for your patience. Chris
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Class of 2010 using #CD00487

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A pretty easy layout but I want to really focus on the opposite page which will be just Sierra.  I used just the diploma page from the mini book file.  It is dated 2009 but I can still use pieces of it for other things.  The diploma page made a perfect tag to add the year.  She graduated with a class of 254 so I used a little yellow bling jewel to mark her.  She is in the very center of the layout.  Added a little bling on the diploma tassel and up on the right side of the border to follow the theory of threes.  Used a Fiskars border punch.  I wanted to cover a large portion of the top of the photo that was the gym ceiling and metal gagetry hanging down.  A bit of sheer ribbon since it was a bit plain.  Also used Sizzix alpha and Khaki mini from Quickutz.
 
This Senior album seems to be never ending, but getting closer to being done. 

~Angie~ (Missouri)
~I am blessed!!~

Visual Designs by Chris Creative Team Member
http://www.visualdesignsbychris.com
(cutters: Blue Wishblade and Cricut Expression)

Class of 2010 using #CD00487

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A pretty easy layout but I want to really focus on the opposite page which will be just Sierra.  I used just the diploma page from the mini book file.  It is dated 2009 but I can still use pieces of it for other things.  The diploma page made a perfect tag to add the year.  She graduated with a class of 254 so I used a little yellow bling jewel to mark her.  She is in the very center of the layout.  Added a little bling on the diploma tassel and up on the right side of the border to follow the theory of threes.  Used a Fiskars border punch.  I wanted to cover a large portion of the top of the photo that was the gym ceiling and metal gagetry hanging down.  A bit of sheer ribbon since it was a bit plain.  Also used Sizzix alpha and Khaki mini from Quickutz.
 
This Senior album seems to be never ending, but getting closer to being done. 

~Angie~ (Missouri)
~I am blessed!!~

Visual Designs by Chris Creative Team Member
http://www.visualdesignsbychris.com
(cutters: Blue Wishblade and Cricut Expression)

1st place “sticker” for my Jam

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Now that the Fair is over and what an awesome Fair. I have a few
pictures and stories to share.
Here is my first. Yeah I got 1st place for my first entry of Jam in the
fair. So excited about this. I entered Pineapple Pear Jam. Of course I
checked to make sure I wasn't the only one. It looked like there were 1st
and 2nd places and best of show for each type of canned goods. I was very
excited.

My son, however, not as excited for me. He got a 1st and 2nd place RIBBON.
When he saw my little blue 1st place sticker. He said. It's a sticker? I
said yeah I get the ribbon after the Fair but isn't that so cool. He smiled
at me and said "It's a Sticker." And gave me the smile where I know he knows
he is giving me a hard time. So I replied with. " I think I need an awards
cork board like yours for all my awards." He smiled his toothy grin and said
"MOM, It's a sticker!" hahaha love our banter.

My hubby took lots of pics and was super proud of our ventures in entering
the Fair. The Fair is one of my most favorite things. So getting a sticker
or a ribbon made me super happy!!! Thanks to all the friends and family who
commented and saw it!
Love it.
Enjoy!
Chris